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Paura del vuoto

English translation: fear of the void


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Italian term or phrase:Paura del vuoto
English translation:fear of the void
Entered by: Therese Marshall
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18:43 Apr 21, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Advertising / Public Relations / advertisement for a new show
Italian term or phrase: Paura del vuoto
Context:-una macchina volante in forma di uccello che ci porterà sulla città dell'acqua come nei sogni pieni di vertigini e di paura del vuoto
Therese Marshall
Local time: 02:24
fear of the void
Explanation:
Horror Vacui - Fear of the Void. 23 January 2009 - 7 March 2009. In philosophy, Horror Vacui stands for a theory initially proposed by Aristotle stating ...
www.craftanddesign.com/exhibitions/horror_vacui

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The Aristotelian system was Greek, but the Judeo-Christian story of creation was Semitic — and Semites didn't have such a fear of the void. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn

Ingmar Bergman, the face and the void. by Massimo Adinolfi | August 1, 2007 ... confronted with emptiness or absence, fear in the face of a complete void”. ...
www.leftwing.it/english/42/ingmar-bergman-the-face-and-the-...
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Fiorsam
Local time: 20:24
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7fear of the void
Fiorsam
4 +3fear of falling
Pompeo Lattanzi
4 +1fear of open space
Kate Chaffer
4fear of empty spaces
Ivana UK
4Fear of height(s)
Michael Korovkin
4fear of space
Alberto Ghiglia
Summary of reference entries provided
Paura del vuoto (chenophobia)
Ivana UK

  

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fear of space


Explanation:
the word vacuum wouldn't sound good and would be too much technical

Alberto Ghiglia
Italy
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fear of falling


Explanation:
My two cents...

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 02:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: http://www.forum.planetmountain.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3...
1 hr
agree  Leanne Young
12 hrs
agree  manducci
16 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
fear of the void


Explanation:
Horror Vacui - Fear of the Void. 23 January 2009 - 7 March 2009. In philosophy, Horror Vacui stands for a theory initially proposed by Aristotle stating ...
www.craftanddesign.com/exhibitions/horror_vacui

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The Aristotelian system was Greek, but the Judeo-Christian story of creation was Semitic — and Semites didn't have such a fear of the void. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn

Ingmar Bergman, the face and the void. by Massimo Adinolfi | August 1, 2007 ... confronted with emptiness or absence, fear in the face of a complete void”. ...
www.leftwing.it/english/42/ingmar-bergman-the-face-and-the-...

Fiorsam
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  De Novi
53 mins
  -> Thank you Zenne!
agree  Oliver Lawrence
1 hr
  -> Thanks Oliver!
agree  L10N: sure!!
1 hr
  -> Thank you Laura!
agree  Susanna Garcia
1 hr
  -> Thank you Susanna!
agree  Gina Ferlisi
3 hrs
  -> Grazie Gina!
neutral  Barbara Toffolon: I hate to be the odd one out, however in current language "Void" is not commonly used to express this fear. I agree that as a medical term it is probably correct...but it is not always what is requested. I think "heights" is more common. :-)
11 hrs
neutral  Michael Korovkin: I agree with Barbara, except that the term (lovely in itself) is not really medical, but being highly philosophically and poetically charged doesn't look too fitting in this rather mundane context.
11 hrs
agree  Anna V
13 hrs
  -> Grazie Anna!
agree  manducci
16 hrs
  -> Grazie manducci!
neutral  Ivana UK: with Barbara and Michael - it's far more likely to be about fear of open spaces (agorophobia) //you're right, it's not agorafphobia - seems to refer to 'kenophobia' - fear of empty spaces (chenofobia in Italian)
16 hrs
  -> If that were the case, the italian would have have said "paura dello spazio" which is a legitimate expression, but has different connotations.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Fear of height(s)


Explanation:
Penso che sia questo - una varietà di agorafobia simplex, anziché un concetto altezzoso di paura del "neant"/"nothingness", ecc.

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 02:24
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Toffolon: Credo questo sia il termine piu' popolare usato per questa fobia nella lingua inglese..... Certo ci sono termini piu specifici se si tratta di un testo medico...ma non credo sia il caso in questo contesto. Pertanto non andrei a cercare parole complicate.
10 hrs
  -> my thoughts exactly. Thanks, Barbara!
disagree  Oliver Lawrence: I think 'vertigini' and 'paura del vuoto' are different things here, and an element of philosophical and poetic charge is appropriate in publicity material for a rather mysterious new show
11 hrs
  -> may well be, but i still think that fear of the void is too heavy for this
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fear of open space


Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-Se...

Kate Chaffer
Italy
Local time: 02:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ivana UK: at first I thought it meant agoraphobia but it seems to refer to kenophobia - fear of empty spaces - (see reference info)
3 hrs
agree  Boadicea
1 day6 hrs
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3 days17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fear of empty spaces


Explanation:
Paura del vuoto (chenophobia)

Fear of empty spaces (kenophobia)

Conditions and Diseases question: What is kenophobia? Kenophobia Kenophobia is a fear of empty spaces1.1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenophobia#In_psychology
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_kenophobia

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Cenophobia, Centophobia or Kenophobia

The fear or phobia of empty spaces

http://www.avonhypnotherapy.co.uk/definitions/phobias/a_to_c...

Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:24
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Reference comments


3 days17 hrs
Reference: Paura del vuoto (chenophobia)

Reference information:
denominazioni delle fobie specifiche:

http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p="paura del vuoto"...

which is 'kenophobia' in English:

(psychology) An abnormal fear of large, empty spaces.

http://www.answers.com/topic/kenophobia-psychology

Ivana UK
United Kingdom
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